Collar-fastener.



W. R. DUTEMPLE. COLLAR FASTENBE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1906.

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,W'ILLLAM R. DUrEMrLn-or AUBURN, RHODE ISLAND.

COLLAR-VFASITENER.

No.38sa161:

' To altauhowiit majcomerrt:

Be it'kn'ownthat I, WILLIAM'R; D UTEMPLE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Auburn, in the'county-of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Collar-Fasteners, of which the following is-a specification. s 7

My invention relates to improvements in collar- 'fasteners or lace-pins,that is devices for fastening together the ends of lace collars or otherarticles .of

ladies wearing apparel, and it consists essentially in" the combinationwith a front or body member, of a fastening device rigidly securedthereto, the samecom consists of the usual swinging or hinged pin-tongueand l v v, I

In-pins or articlesof jewelry of the class above re-.

catch members.

I fer-red to the same when provided with my present improved fasteningdevice are rendered both stronger and safer, while at the same timeadapted to beatkgneinty.

tached to and detached from the fabric with greater In the accompanyingsheet of drawings, Figure 1 is affront orplan view of a lace-pinprovided with my 7 improved fastening device. Fig. 2 is a correspondingsidezfview. Fig.3 is an inverted or bottom planview,

aridFigs'. {to- 10, inclusive, represent, in enlarged scale, varioussteps in tl 1e production of the fastening device, as anart'icle ofmanufacture.

A, again referring tothe drawing, designates a lace pin or otheranalogous article of jewelryembodying my invention, or fastening deviceB, 'thelatter being secured in any suitable way, asfor example bysolder, to the underside of the front or ornamental body mem herb, andas indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. In the production of the said fasteningdevice B the completed base 8 thereof is or may be made from asubstantially square thin sheet-metal blank a (Fig. 4) having oppositelyformed slotted openings (1 therein; the blank is next by means ofsuitable tools corrugated, at c,

and the sides a bent, as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The double-pointed.pinsp are next inserted endwise in the respective grooves c of. theincomplete base or I holder (Fig. 7) after which the said sides 1pressed and co'rrugate -to snugly engage said pinsand the 0P1.posite-portion ofz'the base, followed by soldering th'p Specification'ofLetters Patent. Application filed May 24,1906. Serial No: 318,616.-

Patented Aug. 13,1907.

pins, exposed through said openingsa to. the stock,

thereby securingthem in position both longitudinally and axially, theparts then appearing substantially as represented in Fig. 8. Thesharpened free ends or projecting portions'ofthe pins p are then bentdownwardly andinwardly toward, one another to form the attaching hooksor prongs d, the points 10 being still further bent and lyingcomparatively close to the base,

thereby to some extent protecting the entrance to the eyes of the .openhooks. Thethus completed fasten- .ing device B is represented, in'enlarg ed scale, in Figs.

9 and 10, the latter figure being a cross-sectional view taken on linea: a: of Fig. 9. 'It will be seen that the base incloses the pin membersfor practically their entire extent between the regions where their endportions are bentvto form the hooks, thus providing for a very secureholding of the pins and insuring that their shanks will not become bentduring use. -Were the base to inclose only the central portions of theshanks of the pin members, leaving considerable por-' tions of thesestraight shanks, as well as the hooks, ex-

posed, there would be great liability of the shanks becoming bent, so asto derange the fastener and also, v

of the points bf'thehooks. Another material advantage obtained byextending the base in each direction to the points where the curvatureof the hooks com-' mences, is that the points of the hooks overlie andcooperate with the base. secure fastening of the collar is possible thanwere the latter held merely between the points of the hooks and theshanks of the pins. The finished fastening device B may be readilysecured'by solder to the back of the body b'of the collarfastener A, asrepresented in Figs. 2 and 3 the openings a coming next to the body b inorder to conceal the solder. Itwill be noted that the body b extends atall sides beyond the fastener proper so that the fastener is entirelyconcealed. In. other words the base and pins are entirely within the periphery of the body. In using my improved'fastening the wearer-simplyhooks'one endof the device into an end or edge of the collar or otherarticle of apparel, the parts of which the wearer desires to close orfasten together, followed by readily inserting the'opposite hooks of thedevice into In this way, a much more the other or corresponding part ofthe collar, thereby closing the opening in an expeditious manner. By

becoming accidentally detached and lost is prevented. It may be addedthat the smooth round and sharpened prongs employed do hotcut orinjureth: fabric.

I would further state thatwhile I havefhapresented the fastening device.asfhsving four'double-pointed 9; plane c'mrnon tofalhitis obvious tbatagr eater or and bent pins-p parallel with one another in less number ofpins may. be used, although I prefer to employ at least two, since aplurality of pins impart greater stability to the fastener when in usethan one alone.

I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters-Patentz 1 Afastening device comprising a base ln the form of :1 flattened sleeveprovided with substantially parallel corrugations forming phH'eceivingchannels, and pins ex- I tending through said channels and hiivingtheinend p01- 10 Signed at Providence, R. 1., thls 22nd day of Mziy,1906. 5

WILLIAM- R. DDTEMPLE. Witnesses:

J. 0. GARDINER, GEO. II. REMINGTON.

